Makeover(改頭換面)
During the Tang Dynasty in China, there was
a famous monk whose real name no one knew.
He lived in seclusion in Tiantai Mountain,
and people at that time called him Master (Hanshan).
He wrote many poems to teach followers to
understand the truth of Buddhism.
The gist of one of the poems is as follows.
According to the Buddhist worldview, each
of us enters reincarnation after death.
We will enter one of the six realms of
samsara because of our actions and virtues in this life.
We are like an ant, we can only keep moving
forward.
We are constantly looping through the six
realms of reincarnation, and we can never rest.
In each cycle, we take on new faces and
become different identities, but our inner essence is the same.
We should avoid ourselves falling into hell
in the next reincarnation.
If we understand the darkness and horrors
of hell, we will not be overwhelmed by emotions and desires in our daily lives.
We will practice well in this short life to
improve our moral level.
The original meaning of this idiom is that
although a person's appearance has changed, his inner soul has not changed.
This idiom is now used to describe a person
who gets rid of old bad habits and becomes a completely different person.
Dear friends, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Do you have a bad habit you want to break?
What kind of person do you want to inspire yourself to be?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
改頭換面(Makeover)
中國的唐王朝時代，有一個很有名的僧人，沒有人知道他的真實姓名。
他隱居在天臺山，當時的人就稱他為(寒山)大師。
他寫了很多詩來教導信眾明白佛教的道理。
其中一首詩的大意如下。
根據佛教的世界觀，我們每個人死亡後就會進入輪迴。
我們會因為自已這一生的行為與德行進入六道輪迴中的其中一個。
我們就像是一隻螞蟻一樣，只能不停地往前走。
我們不停地在六道輪迴中循環，我們永遠沒有辦法休息。
每一次的輪迴中，我們都會換上新的面孔並且成為不同的身分，但我們的內在本質都是同樣的。
我們應該避免自己自己下一個輪迴落入地獄。
如果我們了解到地獄的黑暗與可怕，我們在日常生活中就不會被情緒與慾望沖昏頭。
我們會在這短暫的一生中好好的修行以提高自已的道德層級。
這句成語原本的意思是一個人的外表雖改變，而內靈魂未變
這句成語現在被用來比喻一個人改掉舊有的不好的習慣，這個人成為一個與原本完全不同的人。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有想改掉的不好的習慣嗎?你想要激勵自己成為怎樣的人呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為全唐詩-卷806-寒山詩-212(440-441)
https://ctext.org/quantangshi/806/zh#n262084
出處為寒山子詩集427-428
